Building construction



U. S. ALSRUHE.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION man JUNE 6, ma;

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnion.

URBAN S. ALSBUI-IE, OF TOWSON, MARYLAND.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application fi1ed June 6, 1918.

. To aZl'w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, URBAN S. ALSRUHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Towson, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in build ings, and relates more especially .to the particular construction of the walls of a building in which is employed framing material and a filling to add stability to the structure.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a wall construction for frame houses which may be easily, conveniently, and cheaply built, using principally rough or cheap lumber in connection with the usual outside weatherboarding finish, and a filling of a cheap composition which will add strength and stability to the structure, the peculiar construction also greatly facilitat- .ing the application of the inside finish and trim in the completion of the house.

A further object of my invention is the production of a wall construction for frame houses which is of extraordinary strength to withstand high winds, which will provide suitable insulation against heat and cold, will prevent the presence of mice and insects, will permit nails to be driven into the interior surfaces of the walls without breaking the plaster, and will minimize the danger of fire as well as retard the progress of a fire that may start at any point.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear in the specification, and what I particularly claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is more specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof Figure 1 is a front elevation of a part of the outer wall of a frame house constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view throughone of the outer walls and first floor, to illustrate the manner of construction.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view through the lower part of the wall to more clearly show the construction thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 30, 1919.

Serial No. 238,471.

Fig, i is a transverse sectional view, on the line etl of Fig. 3.v

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In building a house carrying out my invention a foundation wall, 1, is first constructed in the usual manner, either of brick as shown in F ig. 1 or of cement as indicated 1n F 1g. 3, and upon this wall the usual'sill pieces 2 are laid or embedded. The joists,

3 for the first floor may be now set in place with their ends resting on the sill Pieces, and flooring-boards '5 laid on said joists to provide the permanent floor, or rough boards laid temporarily to stand upon in putting up the studding 7 and building the superstructure. Of course the construction so far described is common to all frame buildings, but in arranging the studding I purpose placing them approximately three feet apart to economize material, without sacrificing stability in the present instance, and so as to facilitate the placing of doors and windows,

The studding or uprights 7 are held in place by nailing them to the sill pieces and connecting them on a line with the second floor by the usual horizontal pieces which support the second-floor joists, after which the window frames 8 and door-frames 17 are set in between the studding and nailed thereto. This framework construction may be carried to the desired height and the roof put on, and by applying the weather-boarding 9 the building will be iii-closed so that inclement weather will not interfere with the operation of completing the wall structure which I will now particularly describe.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be noted that the first joist, next to the wall, fits closely against the inner edge of the adjoining sill-piece and that the flooring protwo widths being applied at first, and then what I term anchor-lathe are secured in place, preferably wedged in between the boards to reinforce them, being in the present instance triangular'in cross-section, and these laths also serve to properly key the plaster-coat 13, which is later applied to finish the interior wall. When the two widths of boards '10 and their companion anchor-laths 12 are nailed in place a-composition or mixture of cement and sand is deposited in th'e'spaces formed by "the stud ding, weatherboardingand inside boards,

after which several "more widths of inside boardsand their anchor-'lathsare applied and the additional spaces so provided filled with the mixture on'top of the firstbatch, andso oirto the'hei-ght df the wall. Itwill be understood that this-workof applying the boards 10, laths 12andmixture 11 -may be done by unskilled labor, andthat the-partition walls of the house are built in the same rm'anner, using thinner studding or pieces: of scantling 'to reduce the thickness of the filling; but in building up the partitions boards and laths are secured to both sides of th'e studding as no weatherboarding is *used. 1 I After the walls and partitions are builtmp in this manner the inside walls are finished by the a coating ofv plaster, 18, which is securely keyed in thedovetailed recesses between the laths and thinly covers the outer-surfaces of said laths. The walls are then ready-to receive the trim, such as the washboards l6, door-casing 18, &c.

Rough' or common boards may be and preferably are used=as the boards 10, and unplaned strips of cheap material used to form'the anchbr-laths 12, inasmuch as these parts are concealed by being embedded in the filling l-l and finishing plaster-coat l3. Also-"a cheap filling'mixture is used, consisting of about oneipart cement to fifteenparts sand,-and Ihave found it is not necessary to use been-grade sand, for coarse dirt may I a firm integral structurebut to keep the weatherboarding from warping and in shape between'tfhe. studding, strips 20 are interposed and secured to the inner side of the @Weatherboarding by nails or screws from I the. inside, said reinforcing strips being about an inch thick and the mortar fills in around them. Sheathing paper also may be used next to the weatherboarding. V

The surface coat of plaster is firmly held to the boards 'and'laths, and therefore nails may be driven into the wall without crackin gthe plaster. Nails may be driven into any part of the wall and secure a good hold, as they will penetrate into either the'boards 10 or the anchor-l-aths 12.

' A house built in accordance with my invention, after the manner hereinbefore' described, may be .put up very quickly and cheaply, and thestructure will beequally as strong as a brick house possessing "similar advantages in withstanding high winds, heatand cold, and will be even more-effective in preventing dampness penetrating, the wall. Therefore I provide for con.- structing a substantially-built house that may be put up very cheaply principally by unskilled labor, and .will have the genera appearance-of a more expensive construction,while vat the same timelpossessing ad vantages over both the ordinary frame-and brlck houses.

-Having described my invention, I claim '1. A wall construction for houses and other buildings, comprisln'g studding rising from the foundation and spaced apart a suitable distance, weatherboarding secured tothe outer-side'ofthe studding, boards secured; to'the inner side ofthe studding, laths triangular in shapejand securedto the said boards with a flat side outermost and one edge projecting between said boards and filling material with a cement binding embedded between the studding, weatherboarding and insideboards, substantially as shown and ,for the purposes set forth.

2. A. wall construction for houses and other buildings, comprising a foundation wall, sill pieces laid thereon, studding rising from the sill pieces and spaced apart a suitable distance, weatherboarding cured to the outer side of the studdin g, rough boards secured to-the inner side ofthe studding, rough laths triangular in shape and secured to the said boards with "a flat side outermost and one edge projecting be tween said boards, filling materialfvvi'th a cement binding embedded between the'studding, weatherboarding and inside boards,

and-a finishing coatof plaster applied to the inside boards between the'lathsf and over URBAN 's. LSRUHE;

the-latter, substantially as shown and for-the Witnesses: I

C. MILTON 'DIoKE'Rs'oN, CHAPIN A; FERGUSON.

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